This car took part in the 2¼ hour long 'Historic Motor Racing News Gentlemen Drivers' race at the VSCC's meeting at Donington Park in May 2001.
It's the 1963 Lotus 23B that was driven in the race by Fred Boothby and Barry Foster. The Lotus 23 was introduced in 1962 to compete in the smaller classes of sports car racing and was used with engines with capacities ranging from from 750cc up to 1600cc. The programme of the event shows this car as having a 1,098cc engine, presumably the Ford Kent derived 4-cylinder inline Cosworth MkIV unit. It proved to be an extremely successful car and about 130 examples of the Lotus 23, 23B and 23C were produced between 1962 and 1963.
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